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From: dwork@brahms.amd.com (Jeff Dwork)
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Subject: Re: Let's Talk Keyboards!
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Date: 8 Apr 91 20:15:21 GMT
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(Sorry, lost the original msg)
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>>	What *keyboards* do people prefer?
>

I like my HDS-2000.  

Ctrl is next to A, Shift is next to Z.  There is a meta key below left shift
that is configurable to send an ESC-key sequence when you press key while
meta is held down.  Caps Lock is to the right and below right shift.  Line
feed is above Caps lock.

Cursor keys are to the right of keyboard, keypad (vt100 style) to the right
of that.  Function keys are above.

All function keys and things like Backspace, Delete, and several more are
user definable.  I can even set up a function key to define other keys -
great for when I switched between VM/CMS and unix systems.


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